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The new format in the new Champions League season finally begins. The bookmakers sees the guests as firm favourites for the win. Young Boys may have knocked out Galatasaray in the Champions League qualifiers, but that alone is not enough to be considered favorites on Tuesday. Although Aston Villa is back in the highest European competition for the first time since 1983, the team is immediately the favourite in Bern. In the Premier League after 4 matchdays Villa managed to win three times against Leicester, West Ham and Everton. The Champions League is of course a different competition, and it is quite possible that Aston Villa will adopt a different style of play here, especially because their first game ever in the new phase and will primarily want to strengthen their defence. In the last edition of the Conference League, where they were eliminated by Olympiakos after conceding six goals, they only won one away game. Young Boys are playing for the fourth time in the Champions League stage.